Bambaloo
Appearance
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Bambaloo | |
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Genre | Preschool |
Presented by | Angela Kelly |
Opening theme | "Bambaloo Theme" |
Ending theme | "Bambaloo Theme" (karaoke)" |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 65 |
Production | |
Production location | ATN |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Yoram Gross The Jim Henson Company |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network ABC TV |
Release | 2003 2007 | –
Bambaloo is a children's television program formerly shown on the Seven Network between 2003–2007. More recently it has been shown on the ABC and is suitable for 3- to 5-year-olds. The show focuses on song repetition to help children anticipate the next activity.[1] The show was created by famous Australian animator Yoram Gross and The Jim Henson Company for a total of 65 episodes.
Characters
- Fidget the dog
- Jet the fish
- Portia the bird
- Jinx and Gypsy the mice
- Sam the human
- Jake the human
- There are also around 100 guests who get called to tell a story (and teach a lesson) to the bambaloo tree friends by Jinx and Gypsy.
Credited cast
- Angela Kelly (Sam the human and host)
- Andre Eikmeier (Jake the other human)
- Emma de Vries (puppeteer and voice of Portia)
- Adam Kronenberg (puppeteer and voice of Fidget)
- David Collins (puppeteer and voice of Jinx and Jet)
- Roslyn Oades (puppeteer and voice of Gypsy)
Songs
- It's Hot Hot Hot
- Diving (Water of the dolphin)
- H20 OK
- World is turing
- Let's Celebrate
- Directions
- Animal Boogie
- Funny Sounds
- Criping Crawling
Episodes
No. | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Super Jet" | 21 July 2003 |
2 | "The Hottest Spot" | 22 July 2003 |
3 | "Jungle Japes" | 23 July 2003 |
4 | "Fly Me To The Moon" | 24 July 2003 |
5 | "Biscuit Bandits" | 25 July 2003 |
6 | "A Nutty Treat" | 28 July 2003 |
7 | "A Forest Friend" | 29 July 2003 |
Production
Animated by Buster Dandy Productions which also did Five Minutes More and Blue Water High (even though the show was made by Southern Star). Bambaloo is a Yoram Gross EM.TV/Jim Henson Television production. Produced in association with Seven Network
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
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Categories:
- 2003 Australian television series debuts
- 2007 Australian television series endings
- Australian children's television series
- Australian preschool education television series
- Australian television shows featuring puppetry
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Seven Network original programming
- Television series by The Jim Henson Company
- Children's television series stubs
- Australian television show stubs